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Brianna Kupfer murder: Alleged suspect Shawn Laval Smith taken into custody in Pasadena

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Shawn Laval Smith, the suspected killer of Brianna Kupfer, was taken into custody Wednesday in Pasadena in connection with the 24-year-old UCLA grad student's stabbing death.

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  1. Foxla

    Brianna Kupfer murder: Suspect identified in connection to UCLA student's death (opens Foxla)

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    Shawn Laval Smith has been identified as the suspect wanted in connection to Brianna Kupfer's death. He has been seen in Pasadena, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Covina and other parts of California, LAPD says.

  2. Foxla

    Shawn Laval Smith: Suspected killer of Brianna Kupfer has a long history of arrests (opens Foxla)

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    The man suspected of killing Brianna Kupfer, Shawn Laval Smith, has a long rap sheet covering

  3. Fox2 Detroit

    Brianna Kupfer murder: Alleged suspect Shawn Laval Smith taken into custody in Pasadena (opens Fox2 Detroit)

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    Fox2 Detroit's feed description

    Shawn Laval Smith, the suspected killer of Brianna Kupfer, was taken into custody Wednesday in Pasadena in connection with the 24-year-old UCLA grad student's stabbing death.

  4. Fox News

    UCLA student Brianna Kupfer's alleged killer arrested in Pasadena (opens Fox News)

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    Pasadena police arrested Brianna Kupfer's alleged killer Wednesday just a day after Los Angeles authorities released his identity.

  5. Fox News

    Los Angeles police ID Shawn Laval Smith as suspected killer of Brianna Kupfer (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Los Angeles police have identified Shawn Laval Smith as the suspected killer of 24-year-old Brianna Kupfer, a UCLA grad student stabbed to death at her furniture store job last week.

  6. Fox News

    Brianna Kupfer murder: COVID-19 backlog delayed Shawn Laval Smith's trial over Charleston flare gun attack (opens Fox News)

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    Shawn Laval Smith, the man accused of stabbing UCLA grad student Brianna Kupfer in a “random act” last week, has a pending felony case in South Carolina for allegedly shooting a flare gun into an occupied car – with a toddler inside.

  7. Breitbart News

    Suspect Identified in the Stabbing of Brianna Kupfer, Out on $1k Bail (opens Breitbart News)

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    A suspect has been identified in the murder of 24-year-old UCLA design student Brianna Kupfer: 31-year-old Shawn Laval Smith.

  8. Los Angeles Times

    Suspect in killing of Brianna Kupfer arrested in Pasadena (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Brianna Kupfer was fatally stabbed last week while working alone in a Hancock Park furniture store.

  9. Newsweek

    UCLA student Brianna Kupfer texted friend about suspect before fatal stabbing (opens Newsweek)

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    The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed on Wednesday that the suspect, identified as Shawn Laval Smith, had been taken into custody in Pasadena.

  10. Fox News

    Brianna Kupfer's alleged killer Shawn Smith caught after pedestrian calls 911 (opens Fox News)

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    Brianna Kupfer's alleged killer Shawn Smith was caught Wednesday after a pedestrian spotted him sitting on a park bench in Pasadena and called 911, a law-enforcement source told Fox News Digital.

  11. Fox News

    Brianna Kupfer murder: Alleged killer Shawn Laval Smith had active warrant after assaulting cop (opens Fox News)

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    FIRST ON FOX: Shawn Laval Smith had an active warrant out of San Mateo at the time of Brianna Kupfer’s stabbing death in the Los Angeles store where she worked last week.

  12. Breitbart News

    Brianna Kupfer's Alleged Killer Arrested in Pasadena (opens Breitbart News)

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    Shawn Laval Smith, the suspect in the murder of UCLA grad student Brianna Kupfer, was arrested on Wednesday afternoon in Pasadena.

  13. Newsweek

    Suspect in killing of UCLA student Brianna Kupfer has criminal history in 3 states (opens Newsweek)

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    Shawn Laval Smith, who was arrested on Wednesday in connection with Kupfer's death, has a criminal history in California, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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